Apple Software Update - "Server could not be found"

Hi, hope someone can help please?

Apple Software Update suggested that I update it (Apple Software Update) to a newer version (which turns out to be Vers 2.2)

I did this and install seemed to go OK, then when Apple Software Update ran again (and every time since) it comes up with an error message: "The Apple Software Update Server could not be found. Check your internet settings and try again."

So my network / internet and everything else on my machine works fine, but for some reason the new version of the apple update app is spitting it's dummy and can't access the internet!

I've re-booted my machine, repaired the application via control panel, checked firewall settings and turned it off all together, but to no avail. Couldn't find anywhere on the apple software download site as to where I can re-download / install it either, or I would have given that a go.

Anyone have any suggestions how I can solve this? It's really annoying!

If not, anyone know how to roll it back to the previous version?

My PCs running Win 7 Professional 64 bit

Thanks in advance all

Psyman

Windows 7

Posted on Mar 15, 2016 3:19 PM

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jiri@ss

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8 points

Posted on Nov 10, 2017 2:38 AM

I just encountered the same problem but c0ret3x's solution of enabling encrypted pages to be written onto the disk didn't work for me (like in other reported cases, it was allowed to begin with). BUT, the very same settings window also contains an option to enable SSL 3.0 (located in the "Security" category as well)!

In my case, the problem was that I disabled SSL 3.0, due to security reasons. Apple obviously doesn't care about how insecure SSL 3.0 is nowadays (it's even been officially deprecated for the last two years)...

My setup:

- Latest Windows 10.

- Bootcamp 6.0.

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crawsdad

Level 1

9 points

Dec 17, 2016 8:35 PM in response to M@rk K

Thanks to all of you. Unchecking that box solved the problems.

Dec 20, 2016 11:06 AM in response to c0ret3x

Thank you! this worked very helpful

Jan 29, 2017 8:09 AM in response to c0ret3x

Thank you! It worked! 🙂

Feb 4, 2017 12:56 PM in response to Sonic Bodhi

Problem still unsolved also for me Sonic. Same as you, when I checked my security settings, my 'do not save encrypted pages to disk' box was NOT checked already. Hopefully someone can help?

Feb 9, 2017 8:59 AM in response to c0ret3x

This also worked for me, after weeks of not being able to update. Thank you!

Mar 18, 2017 2:06 PM in response to unitedminds07

Try the Reset Advanced Settings. This worked for me and i was even able to recheck the Do Not Save Encrypted Webpages

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